OSHA Inspection: WOERNER INDUSTRIES INC

Issued

Jan 23, 2025

Abate by

Feb 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,729 · Current $3,547 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:  a) On or about 12/10/2024, throughout the establishment; Employees were exposed to amputations and caught in hazards when Lockout/Tagout procedures were not developed, documented, or utilized for the purpose of controlling hazardous energy when employees performed servicing and maintenance such as, but not limited to, setting up and changing tools on the Hurco PH65-25 Press brake, setting up and maintaining the Federal 32-ton, 90-ton, 22-ton, and 60-ton punch presses, cleaning the Anderson CNC router.   ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jan 23, 2025

Abate by

Feb 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees:  a) On or about 12/10/2024, throughout the establishment; Employees were exposed to amputations and caught in hazards when performing servicing and/or maintenance activities such as, but not limited to: setting up and changing tools on the Hurco PH65-25 Press brake, setting up and maintaining Federal 32-ton, 90-ton, 22-ton, and 60-ton punch presses, cleaning the Anderson CNC router. Employees were not trained to recognize hazardous energy sources in the workplace and the means and methods (procedures) used to control those hazardous energy sources during servicing and/or maintenance of the machines and equipment in the workplace.   ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jan 23, 2025

Abate by

Feb 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirement of this standard were being followed:  a) On or about 12/10/2024, throughout the establishment; employer did not conduct periodic inspections of the Lockout/Tagout procedures at least annually to verify each procedure was adequate and being properly used by employees responsible for locking out machines during servicing or maintenance, such as but not limited to; Press brake, punch presses, CNC routers, sheers.  ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jan 23, 2025

Abate by

Apr 30, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,729 · Current $3,547 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(3)(i): The point of operation of machines, whose operation exposes an employee to injury, was not guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefore, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.   a) On or about 12/10/2024, in the sheet metal area; employees were exposed to amputations and crushed by hazards when operating the Hurco PH65-25 Press brake to bend parts without guarding the point of operation.  ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jan 23, 2025

Abate by

Feb 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,729 · Current $3,547 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.217(c)(1)(i): The employer did not provide and ensure the usage of point of operation guards or properly applied point of operation devices on every operation performed on mechanical power press(es)(a)   a) On or about 12/10/2024, in the sheet metal area; employees were exposed to amputations and crushed by hazards when operating the 32-ton Federal punch press with a foot pedal to create push sticks without guarding the point of operation.   ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jan 23, 2025

Abate by

Feb 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(2)(i):Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:  a) On or about 12/10/2024, in the Finishing area; where employees voluntarily wore respiratory protection while working in the Finishing area and were not provided with Appendix D.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jan 23, 2025

Abate by

Feb 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.303(g)(1): Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment:  a) On or about 12/10/2024, in the Wood Shop; Where employees were exposed to tripping and fall hazards when access to the electrical panel, which fed power to different equipment such as but not limited to; the vacuum for the Anderson CNC router, and the Anderson CNC router, was blocked by the stacks of wood.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED